The N.C. Science Festival kicked off last week and runs through April 13, offering all sorts of science-themed activities for kids to adults. "There are science expos (think: “science street fairs”) ...

Science Siblings Paige and Adam Jacobson are giving us a new science experiment to do over winter break, make a homemade lava lamp. First you’ll take your baking soda and pour it in the bottom of your ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Beth Harris, long-time science educator, Raleigh mom and creator of STEMplay, returns with another easy experiment that's fun to do with your kids on rainy days ... or any day! Watch the video to ...

If you grew up pre-Y2K, chances are you’re familiar with the concept of a lava lamp. It’s much less likely that you’ve ever encountered a lamp made out of literal lava. That’s the basic description of ...

As a lover of lava lamps, [Julian Butler] knew when he saw a coworker’s modern LED incarnation of the classic piece of illuminated decor that he had to have one for himself. The only problem was that ...

When Imre Jánosi’s teenage daughter asked him how her new lava lamp worked, she probably expected a quick explanation. But her innocent question sent Jánosi, a physicist at Loránd Eötvös University in ...